Method and conditioning agent for treating waste water and air pollutants

Abstract

What is disclosed is a conditioning agent for the treatment of effluent and a process for preparing such a conditioning agent which includes a proportion of flocculating or precipitating agent containing polymers as well as a proportion of micro-organisms.

1. A conditioning agent for the treatment of effluent or charged air, including a proportion of a polymer supporting flake formation or precipitation, characterized by a proportion comprised of a microbiotic mixed culture containing photosynthetically active micro-organisms and luminous bacteria in a biological solution. 
     
     
       2. The conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said mixed culture is deep-frozen or freeze-dried prior to mixing with said polymers. 
     
     
       3. The conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein prochlorophytes, cyanobacteria, green sulfur bacteria, purple bacteria, chloroflexus-type forms and heliobacterium and heliobacillus-type forms as well as mixtures of two or more of these are contained in said mixture as facultatively phototropic micro-organisms. 
     
     
       4. The conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein Photobacterium phosphoreum,  Vibrio fischeri, Vibria harveyi, Pseudomonas lucifera  or  Beneckea  or mixtures of at least two of these are contained in said mixture as luminous bacteria. 
     
     
       5. The conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein it furthermore contains plant extracts, enzymes, trace elements, polysaccharides, align derivatives, other micro-organisms as secondary constituents, either by themselves or in combination. 
     
     
       6. The conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 1 , having one volume part of flocculation aids for ten volume parts of said mixed culture. 
     
     
       7. The conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said polymer is a conjugated polymer. 
     
     
       8. The conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said conditioning agent contains biopolymers. 
     
     
       9. A process for preparing a conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 1 , including the steps:
 preparing at least one of a group including a polymer and a mixture of polymers, said at least one of a polymer and a mixture of polymers acting as a flocculating or precipitating agent;  
 preparing a microbiotic mixed culture with micro-organisms in a biological solution; and  
 mixing said mixed culture with said at least one of a polymer and a mixture of polymers.  
 
     
     
       10. The process as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein said mixed culture is deep-frozen or freeze-dried. 
     
     
       11. The process as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein said mixed culture is cooled down to a temperature below −50° C. 
     
     
       12. The process as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein said mixed culture is thawed prior to mixing with said at least one of a polymer and a mixture of polymers. 
     
     
       13. The process as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein said mixed culture is thawed under reduced pressure. 
     
     
       14. A process of purifying water, comprising the steps of:
 introducing a conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 1  into the water; and  
 biologically purifying the water with said conditioning agent.  
 
     
     
       15. The process as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein upon introduction of said conditioning agent into effluent, said mixed culture forms a bio-film on the surface of a flake forming on said polymers. 
     
     
       16. A process of binding particulate atmospheric pollutants, comprising the steps of:
 introducing a conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 1  into the atmosphere; and  
 binding particulate atmospheric pollutants with said conditioning agent.  
 
     
     
       17. The process as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein said step of introducing said conditioning agent comprises adding said conditioning agent to a wetting agent which is sprayed in the form of a mist into the atmosphere. 
     
     
       18. A process for preparing a conditioning agent for the biological purification of effluent, including the steps:
 preparing at least one of a polymer and a mixture of polymers acting as a flocculating or precipitating agent;  
 preparing a microbiotic mixed culture containing photosynthetically active micro-organisms and luminous bacteria in a biological solution; and  
 mixing said mixed culture with said at least one of a polymer and a mixture of polymers.  
 
     
     
       19. A conditioning agent for the treatment of effluent or charged air, comprising:
 a polymer supporting flake formation or precipitation; and  
 a microbiotic mixed culture containing photosynthetically active micro-organisms and luminous bacteria in a biological solution.  
 
     
     
       20. The conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein said mixed culture is deep-frozen or freeze-dried prior to mixing with said polymers. 
     
     
       21. The conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein said microbiotic mixed culture comprises prochlorophytes, cyanobacteria, green sulfur bacteria, purple bacteria, chloroflexus-type forms and heliobacterium and heliobacillus-type forms. 
     
     
       22. The conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein said luminous bacteria comprise Photobacterium phosphoreum,  Vibrio fischeri, Vibrio harveyi, Pseudomonas lucifera  or  Beneckea  or mixtures of at least two of these. 
     
     
       23. The conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 19 , further comprising one or more micro-organisms as secondary constituents. 
     
     
       24. The conditioning agent as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein said conditioning agent has one volume part of said polymer for ten volume parts of said mixed culture. 
     
     
       25. A process for preparing a conditioning agent, comprising the steps of:
 preparing at least one of a group including a polymer and a mixture of polymers, said at least one of a polymer and a mixture of polymers acting as a flocculating or precipitating agent;  
 preparing a microbiotic mixed culture including photosynthetically active micro-organisms and luminous bacteria in a biological solution in a biological solution; and  
 mixing said mixed culture with said at least one of a polymer and a mixture of polymers.  
 
     
     
       26. The process as claimed in  claim 25 , wherein said mixed culture is deep-frozen or freeze-dried. 
     
     
       27. The process as claimed in  claim 25 , wherein said mixed culture is cooled down to a temperature below −50° C. 
     
     
       28. The process as claimed in  claim 25 , wherein said mixed culture is thawed prior to mixing with said at least one of a polymer and a mixture of polymers. 
     
     
       29. A process of purifying water, comprising the steps of:
 introducing a conditioning agent including (1) a polymer supporting flake formation or precipitation, and (2) a microbiotic mixed culture containing photosynthetically active micro-organisms and luminous bacteria in a biological solution into the water; and  
 biologically purifying the water with said conditioning agent.  
 
     
     
       30. The process as claimed in  claim 29 , wherein upon introduction of said conditioning agent into effluent, said mixed culture forms a bio-film on the surface of a flake forming on said polymers. 
     
     
       31. The process as claimed in  claim 29 , wherein said step of introducing said conditioning agent comprises adding said conditioning agent to a wetting agent which is sprayed in the form of a mist into the atmosphere. 
     
     
       32. A process for preparing a conditioning agent for the biological purification of effluent, comprising the steps of:
 preparing at least one of a polymer and a mixture of polymers acting as a flocculating or precipitating agent;  
 preparing a microbiotic mixed culture containing photosynthetically active micro-organisms and luminous bacteria in a biological solution; and  
 mixing said mixed culture with said at least one of a polymer and a mixture of polymers.